Tag: Sanctions

Price spikes in Europe keep Russian energy sanctions off the table for now

Haisten Willis · February 28, 2022 10:02 pm

The logos of Shell (left) and BP (right) are seen.

Energy and Environment

BP and Shell drop stakes in Russian oil companies, likely taking massive hit

Zach Halaschak · February 28, 2022 9:27 pm

Switzerland scraps neutrality, sanctions Russia

Ryan King · February 28, 2022 7:11 pm

A demonstrator holds a poster show Russian President Vladimir Putin during a rally in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 in Paris. From Tokyo to London to Taipei, Ukrainians living abroad and hundreds of protesters have turned out on the streets to join anti-war rallies spreading around the world as Russia's troops pressed toward Ukraine's capital.

Russia in ‘tremendous financial distress’ as stock markets shuttered

Zach Halaschak · February 28, 2022 5:58 pm

Volvo to stop shipping cars to Russia over ‘potential risks’

Elizabeth Faddis · February 28, 2022 5:10 pm

Ukrainian servicemen sit atop armored personnel carriers driving on a road in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences you have never seen."

Ukraine and Russia meet for talks as ruble tanks, thousands flee, and Kyiv remains free

Barnini Chakraborty · February 28, 2022 2:07 pm

This shows an Exxon service station sign in Nashville, Tenn.

Sanctions are costly, but necessary

Trish Regan · February 28, 2022 1:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

The year 2014 called, it wants its ineffective sanctions against Russia back

Christopher Tremoglie · February 28, 2022 12:36 pm

Washington Examiner’s The Debrief: Hugo Gurdon on Biden’s mixed messages over Russia sanctions

Washington Examiner Staff · February 27, 2022 11:45 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a town hall for the American Federation of Teachers in Detroit, Monday, May 6, 2019.

National Security

Five times the White House said sanctions could deter Putin

Sarah Bedford · February 26, 2022 11:30 am

President Obama is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Deadly corporate welfare: US taxpayers subsidized now-sanctioned state-owned Russian companies

Timothy P. Carney · February 25, 2022 6:00 pm

White House defends Biden’s expectations on whether Russia sanctions would deter

Naomi Lim · February 25, 2022 12:09 am